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Helping Geeks Feel Safe in the World
This is my new About page. Please let me know what you think, what questions are left unanswered, what would make it clearer, & how you feel about it if…
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Don’t Cross the Beams
Avoid Interference Between Horizontal and Vertical Refactorings
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September 2023 Founders Call
I’ll see you in about an hour. https://meet.google.com/eno-ktso-kcc Topics I know will be on the agenda: Book progress Newsletter progress…
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Dimensions of Power
First published May 2022 Re-publishing it as support for the conversation around “measuring” developer “productivity”. Those metrics frequently are used…
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Incentives: The Hits
Once SubStack introduced sections I no longer needed a separate blog for my thoughts about incentives. I merged the 1000 non-overlapping subscribers…
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A Career Accounting
Ideas I've contributed to & how they relate
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August 2023
Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey 2
The consultancy giant has devised a methodology it claims measures software developer productivity. They only measure activity, not productivity from a…
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Gergely Orosz
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Kent Beck: Business
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Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey
Part 1 of 2
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Gergely Orosz
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Founders' Call
September 13, 0800 PDT
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Effort/Output/Outcome/Impact, Take 2
Watch now (3 mins) | I apologize for the double posting. That’s what I get for rushing. Here is an engineering-oriented perspective on creating value…
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Ergodic Development
Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive 🎶
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